/R E P E A T -- TV Top 10: What Canadians Watched in 2013/

- THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and THE BIG BANG THEORY are the most-watched
TV series this year -
- Football reigns as Canada's most popular sport as SUPER BOWL XLVII and
the 101st GREY CUP are among the top television events of the year -
- Boston marathon bombings, Remembrance Day, and Pope Francis are
most-watched news events -

TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - As 2013 comes to an end, full-year data
from BBM Canada provides a snapshot of what Canadians were watching on
television this calendar year, and football ranks at the top. The SUPER
BOWL, along with the GREY CUP, are among the most-watched television
events of 2013 in Canada. Other live television events, like the
OSCARS®, and GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS, were also of major interest to Canadian viewers. While THE BIG
BANG THEORY remained at the top of the charts, for the first time in
many years a Canadian series is the most-watched program in the
country, THE AMAZING RACE CANADA. On specialty, Doctor Who, curling,
and women's hockey caught the attention of viewers, while GAME OF
THRONES and TRUE BLOOD ruled on pay. Meanwhile, the Boston Marathon
bombings, the election of Pope Francis, and the controversy surrounding
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford were among the most-watched news events of 2013.

Below is a closer look at Top 10 TV programs Canadians watched in 2013:

Canada's Top 10 Television Events of 2013

Program

Network

Date

Audience

1.

SUPER BOWL XLVII

CTV

2/3/2013

6.6 million

2.

THE OSCARS®

CTV

2/24/2013

6.3 million

3.

101st GREY CUP

TSN

11/24/2013

4.5 million

4.

THE 70th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS

CTV

1/13/2013

3.5 million

5.

2013 STANLEY CUP FINAL - Chicago @ Boston (Game 6)

CBC

6/24/2013

3.4 million

6.

THE 55th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS®

Global

2/10/2013

3.2 million

7.

65th PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS

CTV

9/22/2013

2.5 million

8.

THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS

CTV

4/21/2013

1.9 million

9.

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

Global

1/9/2013

1.8 million

10.

THE 48TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

CTV

4/7/2013

1.7 million

Canada's Top 10 Regularly Scheduled Television Programs of 2013**

Program

Network

Audience

1.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA

CTV

3.5 million

2.

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CTV

3.0 million

3.

THE AMAZING RACE 22 and 23

CTV

2.5 million

4.

UNDER THE DOME

Global

2.43 million

5.

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D

CTV

2.41 million

6.

SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN and SURVIVOR:
BLOOD VS. WATER

Global

2.28 million

7.

GREY'S ANATOMY

CTV

2.27 million

8.

HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA (East)

CBC

2.22 million

9.

THE BLACKLIST

Global

2.19 million

10.

CSI

CTV

2.1 million

Canada's Top 10 Drama Programs of 2013

Program

Network

Audience

1.

UNDER THE DOME

Global

2.43 million

2.

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D

CTV

2.41 million

3.

GREY'S ANATOMY

CTV

2.3 million

4.

THE BLACKLIST

Global

2.2 million

5.

CSI

CTV

2.1 million

6.

NCIS

Global

2.02 million

7.

BONES

Global

1.97 million

8.

PERSON OF INTEREST

CTV

1.9 million

9.

CASTLE

CTV

1.8 million

10.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

Global

1.7 million

Canada's Top 10 New Series of 2013

Program

Network

Audience

1.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA

CTV

3.5 million

2.

UNDER THE DOME

Global

2.43 million

3.

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D

CTV

2.41 million

4.

THE BLACKLIST

Global

2.2 million

5.

THE FOLLOWING

CTV

1.7 million

6.

MASTERCHEF JUNIOR

CTV

1.6 million

7.

SLEEPY HOLLOW

Global

1.5 million

8.

HOSTAGES

CTV

1.3 million

9.

VEGAS

Global

1.21 million

10.

GOLDEN BOY

CTV

1.18 million

Canada's Top 10 Comedy Programs of 2013

Program

Network

Audience

1.

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CTV

3.0 million

2.

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CTV

1.7 million

3.

THE BIG BANG THEORY (Monday-Friday)

CTV

1.3 million

4.

MOM

City

1.1 million

5.

THE GOLDBERGS

CTV

968,000

6.

THE MILLERS

Global

940,000

7.

TROPHY WIFE

CTV

913,000

8.

2 BROKE GIRLS

City

846,000

9.

THE SIMPSONS

Global

843,000

10.

HOT IN CLEVELAND

CTV

836,000

Canada's Top 10 Competition Series of 2013

Program

Network

Audience

1.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA

CTV

3.5 million

2.

THE AMAZING RACE 22 and 23

CTV

2.5 million

3.

SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN and SURVIVOR: BLOOD VS. WATER

Global

2.3 million

4.

MASTERCHEF

CTV

2.0 million

5.

AMERICAN IDOL (Performance)

CTV

1.7 million

6.

MASTERCHEF JUNIOR

CTV

1.60 million

7.

BIG BROTHER

Global

1.57 million

8.

THE VOICE

CTV

1.56 million

9.

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT

City

1.4 million

10.

HELL'S KITCHEN

City

1.2 million

Canada's Top 10 Canadian Series of 2013

Program

Network

Audience

1.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA

CTV

3.5 million

2.

ROOKIE BLUE

Global

1.5 million

3.

SAVING HOPE

CTV

1.2 million

4.

THE LISTENER

CTV

1.12 million

5.

DRAGONS' DEN

CBC

1.05 million

6.

BATTLE OF THE BLADES

CBC

1.043 million

7.

MOTIVE

CTV

1.037 million

8.

BOMB GIRLS

Global

982,000

9.

VIKINGS

History

928,000

10.

MURDOCH MYSTERIES

CBC

888,000

Canada's Top 10 Most-Watched News Events of 2013

Newscasts from CTV, Global, and CBC, plus full-day reaches for CTV News
Channel, CBC News Network, and City News Channel. Ranking based on the
total reach from the quoted news properties.

Family Viewing defined as programs viewed simultaneously by children
(Aged 2-17) and Adults (A18+).

Program

Network

1.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA

CTV

2.

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CTV

3.

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D

CTV

4.

HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA (East)

CBC

5.

THE AMAZING RACE 22 and 23

CTV

6.

GREY'S ANATOMY

CTV

7.

SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN and SURVIVOR:
BLOOD VS. WATER

Global

8.

MASTERCHEF

CTV

9.

CRIMINAL MINDS

CTV

10.

UNDER THE DOME

Global

About CTV
CTV is Canada's #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of
quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV
has been Canada's most-watched television network for the past 12 years
in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada's premier multimedia
company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and
Out-of-Home. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's
largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found
on the network's website at CTV.ca.

- CTV-

Source: BBM Canada, 1/1/2013-12/1/2013, final data.
Audience data for SUPER BOWL XLVII on CTV excludes 8:37-9:10 p.m. ET
during the power outage.
*Special event broadcasts including championship sports finals and
excluding individual telecasts and regularly-scheduled programming
**Most-regular timeslot for series defined by greatest number of
telecasts